FC Ripensia Timișoara

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Ripensia Timișoara
Ripensia Timisoara logo.png
Full nameSC FC Ripensia Timișoara SA
Nickname(s)
  • Ripi
  • Galben-Roșii (The Yellow and Reds)
Short nameRipensia
Founded
  • 21 October 1928; 93 years ago (1928-10-21)
  • 12 July 2012; 9 years ago (2012-07-12)
GroundElectrica
Capacity5,000
OwnerDumitru Mihu
ManagerFlorin Fabian
LeagueLiga II
2020–21Liga II, 13th of 21
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

Fotbal Club Ripensia UVT Timișoara (Romanian pronunciation: [timiˈʃo̯ara]), commonly known as Ripensia Timișoara, or simply as Ripensia, is a Romanian professional football club based in Timișoara, Timiș County. It plays in the Liga II.

The team was founded in 1928 by Dr. Lázár Kornél and folded after twenty years due to lack of funds.[1] However, Ripi was brought back to life and enrolled in the Liga VI, the sixth tier of the Romanian football league system, in 2012.[2]

Ripensia Timișoara was the first Romanian club to turn professional, and because of this status they were unable to compete in the national league until the 1932–33 season. After being granted permission in the national system, the club soon became one of the best in the country, winning four national titles and two national cups in their short history.

The colors of the team are red and yellow.

History[]

Ripensia Timișoara winning the 1933–34 Romanian Cup against "U. Cluj"
Ripensia Timișoara in 1931
Ripensia Timișoara in 1932
Ripensia-Unirea Tricolor 3–1 in 1932

It was founded in 1928 by Dr. Lázár Kornél, a famous promoter of football in the Banat region, and the former president of Chinezul Timișoara. The players came from Chinezul Timișoara, C.A.T. and Poli Timișoara. Vilmos Kertész coached the team from 1931 to 1932.[3][4] Due to its professional status, until 1932–1933 (the first season of the National League – Divizia A), the team and its players could not participate in official national competitions.

They were champions of the Romanian Football League in 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1938, with two Romanian Cup appearances, winning 3–2 over Universitatea Cluj in 1934 and 5–1 over Unirea Tricolor București in 1936. They were national vice-champions for 1933–34 and 1938–39. After World War II, due to financial problems, the communist sports organisation and controversial actions, Ripensia played in Divizia B and Divizia C. After 1948, without any support, it disappeared, merging with Electrica Timișoara. Their colours were red-yellow. Their home stadium was called Electrica (today UMT; the original wooden stand was demolished in 2004–2005). The greatest players in team history were:[weasel words]

In the 2012 the team was reestablished and competed in the municipal championship, they won it and promoted to Liga V. In Liga V they reached the first place in the 2013–2014 season and promoted to the next league Liga IV. Also they made a good impression in the 2013–14 Romanian Cup, where they defeated again Universitatea Cluj to reach the Last 16 of the cup making them the surprise of the cup. In the Last 16 they lost to Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

In the 2014–15 Liga IV season, Ripi had a very tough opponent, in the position of ASU Politehnica Timișoara, the fan-owned phoenix club formed after the dissolution of FC Politehnica Timișoara by its fans and finished only on the 2nd place.

Next season Ripensia had a perfect journey, won Liga IV – Timiș County and qualified for the promotion play-offs to Liga III. At the promotion play-off Ripensia met the champion of Hunedoara County, Hercules Lupeni, and they won without major difficulties, 7–0 on aggregate, thus ensuring promotion to the Liga III.[5]

2016–17 Liga III season was the first one for Ripi in the last over 60 years. The team had a very close fight for supremacy in the Seria IV against CSM Școlar Reșița, CSM Lugoj, Cetate Deva and Național Sebiș but in the end they won and promoted to Liga II after an absence of 69 years.[6]

Honours[]

Domestic[]

Leagues[]

Cups[]

Players[]

First team squad[]

As of 6 September 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Ionuț Rus (on loan from CFR Cluj)
2 DF Romania ROU Mădălin Sturzu
3 DF Serbia SRB Nenad Lalić
4 DF Moldova MDA Radu Rogac (Captain)
5 DF Romania ROU Darius Țieranu
6 DF Romania ROU Raul Vidrăsan
7 FW Romania ROU Denis Golda
8 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Piftor
10 MF Romania ROU Mihai Ene
11 FW Romania ROU Mihai Ion
12 GK Romania ROU Octavian Moșoarcă
13 MF Moldova MDA Valerii Macrițchii
14 MF Romania ROU Zoran Mitrov
15 DF Romania ROU Răzvan Morariu
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Romania ROU Harald Fridrich
17 DF Moldova MDA Andrei Macrițchii
19 FW Liberia LBR Emmanuel Ernest
20 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Rotea (on loan from UTA II)
21 MF Ivory Coast CIV Stéphane Coulibaly
22 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Stoi
23 MF Moldova MDA Dan Taras
25 MF Romania ROU Robert Stoica
26 FW Romania ROU Cristian Pădurariu
27 MF Romania ROU David Ciurel
30 DF Romania ROU Cosmin Gladun
— GK Romania ROU Marc Lupu (on loan from Sepsi II)
— MF Romania ROU Sorin Avrămescu
— MF Romania ROU Ion Vasluian
— FW Romania ROU Marco Contescu

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Romania ROU Ștefan Dobre (to Academica Clinceni)
— MF Romania ROU Tudor Călin (to UTA Arad)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Romania ROU Vlad Degău (to Dumbrăvița)

Club officials[]

Former players[]

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level.

For a list of all former and current FC Ripensia Timișoara players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Ripensia Timișoara players.

Former managers[]

For a list of all former and current FC Ripensia Timișoara managers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Ripensia Timișoara managers.

Domestic records and statistics[]

Key[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

The players in bold were the top goalscorers in the division.

Seasons[]

Season League Cup European Cup Other Top Goalscorer(s) Notes
Division Pos P W D L GF GA Pts Name Goals
1932–33 Div A 1st 12 10 0 2 49 10 20  – Finals W Romania Ștefan Dobay 16 Foundation of the Romanian Football
League system
1933–34 1st 14 10 2 2 55 13 22 W Finals F Romania Ștefan Dobay 15
1934–35 1st 22 14 4 4 66 34 32 F Romania Ștefan Dobay 24
1935–36 1st 22 13 4 5 59 37 30 W Romania Ștefan Dobay 12
1936–37 3rd 22 13 1 8 59 39 27 F Romania Ștefan Dobay 21
1937–38 1st 18 15 0 3 63 25 30 R32 Finals W Romania Silviu Bindea 21
1938–39 2nd 22 11 4 7 53 39 26 R32 Romania Adalbert Marksteiner 21
1939–40 6th 22 8 6 8 36 37 22 R32 Romania Adalbert Marksteiner 15
1940–41 3rd 24 13 6 5 58 32 32 R32 Romania Silviu Bindea 10
1941–42  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  – – QF
1942–43  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  – – R32
1943–46 Not involved in any competitions due to World War II.
1946–47 Div C 1st 18 13 4 1 48 21 30  –
1947–48 Div B 8th 29 12 4 13 44 54 28 R32 Merged with Electrica Timișoara.
Disbanded.
1948–2012 Not involved in any competitions.
2012–13 L6 1st 22 21 1 0 143 9 64  – Timiș County Phase W Romania Adrian Boghian 23
2013–14 L5 1st 28 25 2 1 152 9 77 R16 Timiș County Phase 2R Romania Raul Briciu 37
2014–15 L4 2nd 34 29 2 3 122 27 89  – Timiș County Phase W Senegal Ndiaye Mediop 32
2015–16 1st 32 28 3 1 150 28 87 R32 Timiș County Phase SF Senegal Ndiaye Mediop 55
2016–17 L3 1st 26 16 7 3 69 30 55  – Senegal Ndiaye Mediop 21
2017–18 L2 11th 38 13 9 16 72 58 48 3R Senegal Ndiaye Mediop 19
2018–19 12th 38 12 11 15 44 54 47 4R Romania Andrei Dumiter 10
2019–20 13th 23 6 10 7 28 34 28 R32 Romania Albert Voinea 13
2020–21 15th R32
2021–22 TBD R32

European record[]

Mitropa Cup[]

Ripensia played in the Mitropa Cup, an important inter-war football competition. In the 1938 season Ripensia knocked Italian giants AC Milan out of this competition. The Romanians won the first leg 3–0 at Bucharest, and lost the second leg 1–3. In the next round Ripensia was eliminated by Hungarian side of Ferencváros (1–4, 4–5).

Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1938 First round Italy Italy A.C. Milan 3–0 1–3 4–3
Quarter-finals Hungary Hungary Ferencváros 4–5 1–4 5–9

References[]

  1. ^ "Istorie" [History] (in Romanian). FC Ripensia Timișoara. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Radu Ienovan, presedintele Ripensia Timișoara: Facem totul din placerea de a construi ceva pentru Banat si pentru fotbal" [Radu Ienovan, Ripensia Timișoara chairman: Everything that we do is for the pleasure of building something for Banat and for football] (in Romanian). Opinia Timișoarei. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ Jonathan Wilson (2019). The Names Heard Long Ago; How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game
  4. ^ "Vilmos Kertész". worldfootball.net.
  5. ^ "Ripensia, FC Argeș 1953 și CSM Școlar Reșița au devenit campioane.** Vezi toate câștigătoarele județene și meciurile barajul de promovare în Liga 3". 13 June 2016.
  6. ^ "SĂRBĂTOARE pe arena din Ciarda Roșie. Ripensia a promovat în Liga a doua! VIDEO". 26 May 2017.

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